President Michel Sleiman: لماذا لا نرسل وزراء الى السعودية بدل ان يتبرع سفراء مشكورين بالقيام بهذه المهمة

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بعد انتهاء حرب البارد ٢٠٠٧ اوفد رئيس احدى الدول الكبرى الصديقة ضابطاً كبيراً مستشاراً لديه ليطلب اليّ الموافقة له على القيام بجولة على الدول الخليجية من اجل الحصول على مساعدات عسكرية او دعم مادي بغية تسليح وتجهيز الجيش الذي كنت اقوده في ذلك الحين.

اعتذرت منه واقترحت ان تقوم لجنة من الحيش اللبناني بهذه المهمة ويمكن ان يكون هو من عدادها او تكليفها التنسيق معه من اجل اختيار الاسلحة التي تحتاجها وحداتنا القتالية .

يعني نحن نرسل وزير او اكثر الى المملكة وغيرها

للتصويب لماذا لا نرسل وزراء الى السعودية بدل ان يتبرع سفراء مشكورين بالقيام بهذه المهمة

Lebanese Teachers Flee as Financial Crisis Builds

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by english.aawsat.com -- Sorbonne-educated Chryssoula Fayad spent nearly two decades teaching history and geography at Lebanon's elite French schools, ultimately heading departments. Now she is a substitute teacher in Paris, part of an exodus from an education system on its knees. Fayad left behind her home and life savings in August 2020, at 50 years old. Days earlier, the hospital where her husband worked and his clinic were damaged along with swathes of Beirut when chemicals exploded at the port - the final straw. Corruption and political wrangling have cost the local currency more than 90% of its value in less than two years, propelling half the population into poverty and locking depositors like Fayad out of their bank accounts. Despite her straitened circumstances, she has no regrets. "I always say thank God that we had this chance to come here," she said. "Unfortunately I know I made the right decision when I see how things are in Lebanon now."

Lebanon's educational sector, prized throughout the Middle East as a regional leader, was once ranked tenth globally by the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. Now it is unclear how schools will manage when the new academic year starts in October. "When the crisis erupted in 2019 it took the educational sector by surprise," Rene Karam, the head of the Association of Teachers of English (ATEL) in Lebanon, said. At the start, some private schools laid off higher-paid teachers, around 30% of staff, to save money, but as time went on many others left of their own accord, with half of the 100 teachers in his association now in Iraq, Dubai and Oman. Salaries starting at 1.5 million Lebanese pounds a month are now worth less than $90 at the street rate in a country where they used to be $1,000. "We are in a real crisis," he told Reuters.

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President Michel Sleiman: بكركي تواجدت على مدى مائة عام حيث تواجد اللبنانيون وليس في بلدان المحاور المعادية له

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لدى خروجي من احتفال اطلاق الكتاب عن علاقة بكركي بالمملكة العربية السعودية سألتني مراسلة قناة اماراتية، عن السبيل لعودة السعودية الى لبنان ؟
اجبتها باختصار هو في عودة الدولة اللبنانية الى السعودية والى كل البلدان التي ينتشر فيها اللبنانيون، تماماً كما فعلت بكركي حين تواجدت على مدى مائة عام  حيث  تواجد اللبنانيون وليس في بلدان المحاور المعادية لها

French, US envoys to Lebanon to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to stem crisis

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Beirut (AFP) The French and US envoys to Lebanon are to visit Saudi Arabia, France's embassy said Wednesday, an unusual move amid international pressure to lift Lebanon out of a roiling political and economic crisis. The visit Thursday comes as Lebanese battle shortages and price hikes on basic goods in what the World Bank has called one of the world's worst economic crises since the 1850s. World powers have demanded a new government before any financial aid to the cash-strapped nation, but for around 11 months Lebanese politicians have failed to agree on a line-up. "The (French) ambassador will explain how urgent it is that Lebanese officials form a credible and effective government to work on implementing necessary reforms," the embassy said.

The French envoy would, "with her American counterpart, express France and United States' desire to exert pressure on those responsable for the deadlock", it said. Last month the top diplomats of the United States, France and Saudi Arabia jointly urged Lebanon's squabbling leaders to come together. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held an impromptu meeting with his Saudi and French counterparts in Italy on the sidelines of talks of the Group of 20 major economies. They discussed "the need for Lebanon's political leaders to show real leadership by implementing overdue reforms to stabilise the economy and provide the Lebanese people with much-needed relief," Blinken wrote on Twitter. Saudi Arabia has remained largely out of the current Lebanese political crisis, in contrast with past approaches.

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Qatar to provide food aid for Lebanese soldiers amid economic crisis

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DUBAI,  (Reuters) - Qatar will provide the Lebanese armed forces with 70 tonnes of food a month, the Qatari state news agency QNA reported, as Lebanon seeks assistance amid its worst economic and political crisis since a 1975-1990 civil war. Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun had appealed to world powers at meeting in France last month for assistance for soldiers, whose wages have plunged in value as the Lebanese pound has crashed and inflation has soared. read more Qatar's donation was announced on Tuesday during a visit to Beirut by Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. QNA did not give details about the food aid offered. Sheikh Mohammed urged Lebanese parties to form a new government "to achieve stability", QNA said. Lebanese politicians have spent months wrangling without agreeing on a new government that is needed to unlock international aid.

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World is not to blame for crisis in Lebanon, the nation’s politicians are says French envoy

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By NAJIA HOUSSARI -- arabnews.com -- Ambassador Anne Grillo responded after caretaker PM Hassan Diab accused the international community of ‘punishing the Lebanese’ Crisis is due to ‘mismanagement by the successive officials, who are still making mistakes; it is not the result of an external blockade’ BEIRUT: Anne Grillo, the French ambassador to Lebanon, on Tuesday said that the blame for the crisis in the country lies squarely with a succession of ruling authorities. She was responding to comments by caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who accused the international community of “punishing the Lebanese and turning its back on Lebanon, while pressuring and besieging the country.” Grillo said: “The current situation in Lebanon is the result of mismanagement by the successive officials, who are still making mistakes; it is not the result of an external blockade. “The world is already helping the Lebanese and not waiting for an invitation to a meeting to help them.”

Earlier in the day Diab called the ambassadors and other representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations to a meeting at his Grand Serail offices and delivered a speech in which he called on “the world to save Lebanon.” He said: “The severe crises experienced by the Lebanese people at various levels are pushing toward a major catastrophe whose repercussions cannot be contained. The Lebanese are facing a dark fate. The picture has become clear: Lebanon and the Lebanese are on the brink of a disaster. “The danger that threatens the Lebanese will not be limited to them. When we hit rock bottom, the repercussions will resonate outside Lebanon’s geography. No one will be able to isolate themselves from the risk of Lebanon’s collapse. “Lebanese stability is the basis for regional stability. With the presence of about 1.5 million Syrian refugees and hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, it will be difficult to predict the consequences of Lebanon’s stability falling apart.”

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